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1941
1941 - 0078.PDF
J'LKrhT, January ylh, I94f H.M.S. ARK ROYAL : 70 aircraft. 22,000 tons. Length, 800ft. Width, 94ft. Draft, 23ft. 102,000 H.P. Completed 1938. Speed, 31 knots. Two catapults. Armament : sixteen 4.5m. dual-purpose guns in twin turrets, four 3-pdr. H.M.S. FURIOUS : 33 aircraft. 22,450 tons. Length, 786ft. Width, 90ft. Draft, 2ijft. 90,000 H.P. Completed 1925. Speed, 31 knots. Complement, 728 men. Armament : ten 5.5m., three 4m. A.A., four 3-pdr., four 2-pdr., 46 smaller pieces. H.M.S. EAGLE : 20 aircraft. 22,600 tons. Speed, 24 knots. Complement, 750 men. Length, 667ft. Width, 105ft. Draft, 22ft. 50,000 H.P. Completed 1924. Armament : nine 6in., four 4m., four 3-pdr.. two 2-pdr. and 32 smaller guns. H.M.S. HERMES : 15 aircraft. 10,850 tons. Length, 600ft. Width, 70ft. Draft, 19ft. 40,000 H.P. Completed 1924. Speed, 25 knots. Complement, 550. Armament : six 5.5m., three 4in. A.A. H.M.S. ARGUS : 20 aircraft. 14,000 tons. Length, 567ft. Width, 76ft. Draft, 21ft. 20,000 H.P. Com- pleted 1918. Speed 20 knots. Complement, 420 men. Armament: four 3-pdr., ten light guns, 4 m.gs. ions to Norway, and it was aircraft from Furious which made the torpedo attacks against enemy war- ships in Trond-^ heim Fiord. H.M.S. Hermes, which, in- cidentally, was the first ship to be de- signed as a carrier, had the unpleasant task of bombing the new French battle- ship Richelieu at Dakar. France's collapse also made it necessary for the Ark Royal's machines to fly off and attack French ships in Oran harbour and those units on passage to Toulon. Six bomb or torpedo hits were made on the battleship Dunkerque at her moor- ings, and others were registered on the Strasbourg at sea. Courageous and Glorious having been lost, we now have in commission H.M.S. Argus, Eagle, Hermes, Furious, Ark Royal, and Illustrious. At /' UP TO DATE : The latesfbf our 23,000-ton carriers to be commissioned. The name is not for publication.
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